Yes, it is a two-way street indeed. And never will the sexes ever totally "get" each other. At least that's my view.

I think if we, the two sexes, were to ever totally understand each other, there would no longer be a need for two different sexes. [Biology aside, BTW.]

What would there be to argue about? What would there be to see from different viewpoints? What would there be to have to negotiate about? And without any of those things, what reason could there possibly be to have sex be the complicated game it is with us humans? We'd all just be like the wild animals, screwing when nature calls on us to do so, once, maybe twice--for some, thrice or upmteen--times a year. [please ignore the poor grammar] Oh, and by the way, unless you're a dolphin, no particular fun involved in the screwing.

And if we had nothing left to agrue about, then both sexes would have the 50% view of the world that men have coupled with the 50% view of the world that women have--and we'd all see life in the same way exactly.

Which means that both sexes would understand how to peel an onion and saute it up without burning it along with whatever meat was cooking in the pan along with it--and both sexes would understand instinctively how to change a bad toilet valve and install a new one that worked perfectly well. Plus, all women would get what it means to spend 10 hours a day digging a hole for a stump post with no stump post hole digger, just a shovel, and all men would get what it means to have to sew a button back on the plack of shirt that has been shrivelled up so badly there is nothing left to sew that button on to.

At which point both sexes would understand each other and have almost no reason whatsoever for need of the opposite sex. Except....sex. Which, by now, each sex could satisfy easily on their own because most of sexual satisfaction isn't from the nether regions but from the head--the head above the neck.

Okay. You want that kind of world? I don't. I want to retain SOME power over the men I love. Geeze. If they could do everything for themselves that I now I have to do for them--heck, they could just do away with us and spend the rest of their lives "screwing" dead tree stumps or whatever, never thinking about us, and worrying about nothing except where their next beer is coming from.

Come to think of it, I just read that the only beer distributorship left in the country is run by women!!!!!

ROFLMAO

Quoting Windrider735:

Yeah, but it's a two way street. We're never really going to completely understand them, either. That's half the fun!

Quoting Windrider735:

Yeah, but it's a two way street. We're never really going to completely understand them, either. That's half the fun!

Yes, it is a two-way street indeed. And never will the sexes ever totally "get" each other. At least that's my view.

I think if we, the two sexes, were to ever totally understand each other, there would no longer be a need for two different sexes. [Biology aside, BTW.]

What would there be to argue about? What would there be to see from different viewpoints? What would there be to have to negotiate about? And without any of those things, what reason could there possibly be to have sex be the complicated game it is with us humans? We'd all just be like the wild animals, screwing when nature calls on us to do so, once, maybe twice--for some, thrice or upmteen--times a year. [please ignore the poor grammar] Oh, and by the way, unless you're a dolphin, no particular fun involved in the screwing.

And if we had nothing left to agrue about, then both sexes would have the 50% view of the world that men have coupled with the 50% view of the world that women have--and we'd all see life in the same way exactly.

Which means that both sexes would understand how to peel an onion and saute it up without burning it along with whatever meat was cooking in the pan along with it--and both sexes would understand instinctively how to change a bad toilet valve and install a new one that worked perfectly well. Plus, all women would get what it means to spend 10 hours a day digging a hole for a stump post with no stump post hole digger, just a shovel, and all men would get what it means to have to sew a button back on the plack of shirt that has been shrivelled up so badly there is nothing left to sew that button on to.

At which point both sexes would understand each other and have almost no reason whatsoever for need of the opposite sex. Except....sex. Which, by now, each sex could satisfy easily on their own because most of sexual satisfaction isn't from the nether regions but from the head--the head above the neck.

Okay. You want that kind of world? I don't. I want to retain SOME power over the men I love. Geeze. If they could do everything for themselves that I now I have to do for them--heck, they could just do away with us and spend the rest of their lives "screwing" dead tree stumps or whatever, never thinking about us, and worrying about nothing except where their next beer is coming from.

Come to think of it, I just read that the only beer distributorship left in the country is run by women!!!!!

The women I know need a lot more than what you mention. They need to be treated as an equal in every way. They need their opinions valued, their help accepted, and not to be wrapped in bubble wrap and glued to a pedestal. Maybe some women want to be treated as if they had no use but to be pampered like a toy poodle, but the women I know are strong, intelligent, independent human beings who want a partner, not a caretaker. While you're at it, add honesty, faithfulness, acceptance of their different interests, shared decisions and responsibilities.

All the things you mentioned are good, but it's in no way a complete list.

Come on, ladies...what else is missing from that list.

Hi texasneuro,

Thanks for the giggle. I'm guessing Prof. Brian is a man, correct?

The women I know need a lot more than what you mention. They need to be treated as an equal in every way. They need their opinions valued, their help accepted, and not to be wrapped in bubble wrap and glued to a pedestal. Maybe some women want to be treated as if they had no use but to be pampered like a toy poodle, but the women I know are strong, intelligent, independent human beings who want a partner, not a caretaker. While you're at it, add honesty, faithfulness, acceptance of their different interests, shared decisions and responsibilities.

All the things you mentioned are good, but it's in no way a complete list.